Voting almost entirely on party lines, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted 223-189 for legislation authorizing $694 million to deal with the influx of Central American children crossing into the United States.
The House bill isn't expected to go anywhere because of Democratic opposition, including that of President Barack Obama. Ref. CNN
ACLU: Suit puts end to deceived detainees
SAN DIEGO U.S. Immigration authorities being sued on allegations of using coercive and deceptive tactics to push undocumented immigrants into voluntarily returning to Mexico have agreed to reforms that include providing Ref. Source 9
Why are they trying to help the ILLEGAL Mexicans as though they are not supposed to go back to their country? Isn't Mexico the place of the origin, so then how can we call it coercing them to go back there because they are ILLEGAL in this country.
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'Second great wave' of immigration creates record diversity across USA
Cities and towns far removed from traditional urban gateways such as New York, Miami, Chicago and San Francisco are rapidly becoming some of the most diverse places in America, an analysis of demographic data by USA TODAY shows. Ref. USAToday
More Texas immigrants sue health services after US-born kids denied birth certificates:
The suit argues that in denying kids their birth certificates, the Department of Health Services might have discriminated against the children's 14th Amendment rights, under which all children born in the US are considered US citizens. Ref. Source 9q
Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. Will increase the total number of refugees it will admit each year.
The current total is 70,000. Kerry said that will increase to 85,000 next fiscal year and 100,000 the following year. Ref. CNN
Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose White House Plan to Accept 10K Syrian Refugees :
Americans are hardly thrilled with the Obama administration's plan to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, according to a new Quinnipiac poll: Ref. Source 5m